After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 171

Chapter 171

Dacas sat at his desk, tapping his pen against the document in front of him. Across the desk, in the two seats before it, sat two CEOS. He kept forgetting their names, but they’d known Ayla somehow.

Both of them owned two of the largest corporations within the Wind Wolf Pack. They’d been major player when it came to politics. Their donations could make or break a campaign. They’d supported him at the time

He knew he should have remembered their names.

So much had happened recently, though, and his mind was elsewhere.

He pursued his lips.

“Your new proposal to the Council, I believe, goes against our best interests,” the man said. Lucas looked Kaine, that was his name. He had a hard set of eyes and a no–nonsense kind of look about him.

“Your best interests?” Lucas mused.

“We helped you get elected. Now you are proposing legislation that would weak our own position.”

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“What position? You are not in politics. You are a corporation. Focus on the product you produce and sell,” Luas replied easily.

“But the old–”

“The old ways lent power to those with more money. You could effectively buy votes,” Lucas said, raising a brow. “Isn’t the point of an election for the people to choose who they want?”

“You were only elected because of us–”

“Not true. I got an overwhelming majority from not only my own pack but many others to become President. And I think you overestimate your importance to me,” Lucas said.

Kaine gritted his teeth.

“Come now, we needn’t argue,” the woman sitting beside Kaine said. What was her name? Lucas searched his memory. Ah. Lucia. She ran a clothing brand that stated it was made exclusively from this territory, but Lucas knew she got many of her supplies imported from packs overseas.

“I think we can reach some form of agreement, don’t you?” Lucia asked, leaning forward. “We are simply used to the old ways. This new proposition of yours surely benefits the companies that helped you claim office.”

She spoke so sweetly but Lucas could detect the venom in her words. As much as he wanted to placate them with grand ideas that this will positively affect them, he couldn’t. Because it wouldn’t.

It was taking away their power in politics and handing it straight back to the people. The lower–class. It made things fair by leveling the playing field.

They did not like that.